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Where does “pisică” come from?

pisică (Romanian) comes from Romanian piș, from Romanian pișa, from Vulgar Latin pisare, from Latin pinsere — present active infinitive of pīnsō; second-person...

pisică (Romanian): cat

Definitions

  1. cat

Ancestry of “pisică”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianpișurine, piss; the sound of someone urinating;...
2Romanianpișato piss; to piss on; to soak with urine
3Vulgar Latinpisare—
4Latinpinserepresent active infinitive of pīnsō; second-person...

Words derived from “pisică”

  • pisicuță
  • pisic
Every word from Latin pinsere →